Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic in Sydney, Australia | Family medicine practice

Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 1300 723 070

Address: Suite 720, Level 7, 1C Burdett Street 2077 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.sanctuaryclinic.com.au

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23.01.2022 ONLINE CHIP PROGRAM NOV 16 INTAKE Are you needing a change to your lifestyle to improve your health? Have you struggled to be consistent, or find the motivation to change? Do you have chronic health problems like diabetes or heart disease, or are you at risk of a chronic disease due to family history, high blood pressure, obesity, poor lifestyle choices etc? Sometimes you need a hand to make the right choices and get your life back on track. ... The Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) is one of the best ways I know how to do this and I thoroughly recommend this program. It has over 40 peer reviewed scientific papers written about it in the medical literature showing that it works to prevent, arrest and sometimes reverse chronic diseases. There is a new intake for an online CHIP program on November 16. If you are interested, consider registering at: https://chiphealth.com.au/

23.01.2022 NEW PATIENT APPOINTMENTS - NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE Dr Pennington currently has a 6+ week wait list for new patient appointments. We have had to limit the new appointments with him in order to be able to continue to serve the existing patients. To assist this, we have disabled online appointments for new patients. You may ONLY book a new patient appointment by calling our receptionist on 1300 723 070.... Claire Marsh, our psychologist, has closed her books presently for new patients/clients. This will be reviewed periodically to see if she may reopen again. Your name may be placed on a wait list if you wish to see her and we can advise you when she is in a position to see new patients. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

22.01.2022 Extra Phone Number: 02 8203 5920 - please put in your phone. As Sanctuary Clinic has a 1300 number, in the past when we phoned you, our patients, about appointments or medical matters, it came up as a private number/no caller ID. For some of you, this was a problem as you chose not to answer these numbers (understandably). This sometimes would lead to repeated back and forward phone calls and delays in communication which could be frustrating for you and our staff alike. Tha...nks to our IT guru Scott, we have just managed to get a new phone number that is now displayed on outgoing phone calls from our clinic which is: 02 8203 5920 If you are a patient of our clinic, please put this number in your mobile phone so you know that it is us calling you when it comes up. You may also call us on this number as well if you prefer not to use the 1300 723 070, which saves money for both you and our clinic, but of course you may still use the 1300 number if you prefer. Thanks for your understanding and hopefully this makes life easier for everyone.

21.01.2022 FAREWELL Last week we said goodbye, very regretfully, to Rachelle our wonderful nurse on Mon and Thurs. Rachelle has been a wonderful addition to our practice for over 12 mths now but unfortunately had to move away for family reasons. ... I know many patients had positive interactions with her and will be sad to see her go. Thank you also for your patience as we look to recruit a replacement nurse (big shoes to fill!) We may have less availability for services involving our nurses as Helen our other wonderful nurse only works one day per week. We wish Rachelle all the very best in her new chapter in life and career.

20.01.2022 Today I had a spare moment and decided it was time to get back into donating blood. It has been 5 years since my last donation and I had struggled to prioritise time to get back there. Big shout out to Hunter Street Red Cross Donation centre in the city: https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share... who were awesome. Was such a pleasure to deal with their staff. If you have time and are eligible, perhaps you could consider donating blood? It is such an important service that the Red Cross provides and has saved countless lives.

18.01.2022 Again, Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic welcomes Vivid who are moving in next door tomorrow (Thurs) as per below. Welcome Vivid!

18.01.2022 THIS THURSDAY WE ARE IN THE NEW CLINIC! Feel free to pop in throughout the day to say hi and check out the new clinic! We will be running a raffle for t...he month of October in celebration of our opening and there will be yummy cupcakes to share. Looking forward to seeing you at our new clinic- 719/1C AVANTI Building, Burdett Street, Hornsby. See more

17.01.2022 NEARLY READY FOR BUSINESS Here are some photos from the new practice for a sneak peak before we open on Monday. Hope you like it! You may notice some similar themes and colours to continue the Sanctuary journey. ... Reminder. We open 8:30am Monday 31st August and we look forward to welcoming you to our new practice for all your wholistic medical care needs.

16.01.2022 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOURS Firstly, we want to take the opportunity to wish all of our wonderful patients a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We will be open as usual until Dec 24th, Xmas eve, where we will have a short half day in the afternoon only. ... Claire Marsh our psychologist will be taking 3-4 wks holiday and won't be available until late January. Dr Pennington will be taking 2 wks holiday being away from Dec 25 till Jan 10, returning to work on Monday Jan 11th. We value your health and as such, Dr Merlene Thrift will be working as a locum GP on Tues 29th and on Mon-Thur, Jan 4-7. Dr Thrift is a highly experienced Integrative GP and will be happy to deal with any urgent or routine matters you may have. During the other non-public holiday days there will be skeleton reception staff present and urgent matters can still be dealt with remotely. Please call and leave a voice message or email us and we will get back to you ASAP.

16.01.2022 WARNING: MEDSOUND ULTRASOUND HORNSBY I have just been notified that the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) is currently investigating Ms Li Shen and Medsound Ultrasound Services in Hornsby for unlicenced and unlawful practice of ultrasound services. There is a public health warning issued today about this and it is being referred to the police. If you have received care there before or know anyone who has, please see below for more details: https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au//public-warning-under-s94a-of-

16.01.2022 Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic would like to congratulate and welcome Vivid Health Chiropractic: http://vividchiro.com.au/ who are moving in next door to us in Suite 719. Although we are separate businesses, we look forward to working together to wholistically help patients. After all, this is why we are both in business - to help our patients on their journey to healing and optimal health. We congratulate Vivid on their new premise and wish them all the very best.

13.01.2022 NEW FEE STRUCTURE FROM NOVEMBER Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic's fee structure for Medical and Psychological Consultations will be changing on Nov 2nd. Follow up medical consultations will remain fairly similar in price with only minimal increase in fees.... New Patient fees will have the most significant increase reflecting the complexity and time of a new consultation. Psychological consultations will also increase reflecting the complexity and time for a new counselling consultation. Thank you for your understanding. Here is the new fee structure: https://www.sanctuaryclinic.com.au/medical-fees/

12.01.2022 MASKS BACK ON Due to the recent Northern Beaches COVID outbreak, Sanctuary Clinic staff are back to wearing masks again for everyone’s protection. If you have any respiratory symptoms, fever, muscles aches, gastro symptoms - please get tested for COVID and don’t come to our clinic without calling first. ... Not everyone’s ideal lead up to Christmas but here’s hoping the numbers will quickly plateau and decline so we can enjoy as much as possible this time of the year.

12.01.2022 Was presented with this lovely small present from a young child patient today to say thank you. Makes the day just that little more special. And a big thank you to all my wonderful adult and paediatric patients alike. It’s you guys that drive me to keep doing what we do here at Sanctuary. Blessings to you all.

09.01.2022 OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN. We are looking forward to welcoming you back to a smaller, more intimate Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic. Your wholistic care needs will remain our top priority and the care and service you have come to expect will continue of course. ... Claire, our practice manager has especially been working really hard to get things ready on time. There are still some building items to sort out and there will be some minor noise and disruption over the rest of the week. However Dr Andrew will be consulting again from tomorrow Mon 31st, and Claire Marsh will be consulting again from Wed 2nd Sept. We thank you for your understanding and are delighted to have you back

09.01.2022 With all hands on deck today the new clinic is coming along beautifully! Thank you to everyone that came along to help lift boxes, build furniture, show suppo...rt and of course feed us! We thank you immensely! One more sleep until we can share this new clinic space with you!! . . . #Chiropractic #hornsbychiropractic #hornsby #chirocare #considerachiro #welladjusted #wevegotyourback See more

08.01.2022 FACE MASKS OFF To our wonderful patients. Due to 22+ straight days of no locally acquired community transmission of COVID19, we have decided to stop wearing masks in our practice for routine consults. Of course this advice may change should further cases re-emerg, but we are really keen to see each other’s smiling faces and enjoy your company without a mask. >... If you prefer us to wear a mask for your consult, please let us know and we can oblige. Naturally anyone with respiratory symptoms such as cough, sore throat or runny nose should wear a mask still and call our practice before attending.

07.01.2022 INTRODUCING DR THRIFT Dr Merlene Thrift (MBBS FACNEM) is a very experienced integrative GP who will be doing a locum to cover Dr Andrew Pennington whilst on leave. She is able to deal with acute and chronic issues and has an extensive range of skills in nutritional and environmental medicine as they relate to all aspects of health including gut health, chronic disease management (eg diabetes and heart disease), mental health, allergies, women’s and men’s health and much mor...e. For many years she ran a solo GP practice in the Lake Macquarie region and more recently was practicing on the Central Coast. She will be available in the mornings only on Tuesday 29th Dec and Mon 4th Jan till Thurs 7th Jan. Dr Thrift is Dr Pennington’s mother-in-law and so we are keeping it a bit in the family! Bookings are open for her now.

06.01.2022 HAPPY BDAY CLAIRE Today marks Claire, our wonderful Practice Manager and Head Receptionist’s birthday. We couldn’t let the day pass without some celebration. Claire is just awesome, there is no two ways about it and an invaluable person to our practice. I am sure many of you can attest to the fact that Claire is friendly and helpful and goes above and beyond to ensure that patients are looked after and have a good experience as much as possible at Sanctuary Clinic. ... Claire, we love you and hope you have a wonderful day. NB. Please note, eating of cake that followed was done with the utmost level of responsibility

06.01.2022 CLOSURE AUG 23-30 Just a reminder that due to our move to our new practice, we will be closed next week for any physical face to face consults or interaction. We will have skeleton reception staff on for any urgent matters. Please contact 1300 723 070 if you require something urgently. They will return your call if you can't get through - please leave a message, or you may email: [email protected] ... Thank you for your patience at this time.

04.01.2022 NEW PRACTICE OPENING MONDAY AUG 31 We are pleased to announce that all being well, we will be moving into our new practice at Suite 720, 1C Burdett St, Hornsby on Monday 31st August. We look forward to welcoming you the new practice which will be smaller but still have the same warmth and feel that you have come to know and expect from Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic. As part of the transition, it will be necessary to CLOSE THE CURRENT PRACTICE FROM AUG 23 - 30. ie next week. We... know this may be inconvenient for some and apologise for this in advance, but we are moving a lot of stuff over from the old to the new and want to ensure things are ready. We will have a skeleton staff on to deal with urgent medical matters only, that can't wait until the following week. Please leave a message if you don't get through on the phone and we will get to it as soon as able. Thanks for your understanding. See more

03.01.2022 MENSTRUAL CYCLE AS A VITAL SIGN OF HEALTH An increasing body of evidence is suggesting that healthy menstrual cycles for women give an insight into their general health. In this recent study in the BMJ, it suggests some modest increased risk of mortality in women with irregular and abnormal menstrual cycles. ... https://medicinetoday.com.au//menstrual-cycle-characterist Fortunately there are good treatments available including good lifestyle and natural therapies to assist women who are suffering with irregular, painful or heavy periods. I regularly recommend to my lovely female patients Dr Lara Briden’s excellent peer reviewed and evidence based book called the Period Repair Manual which gives a fantastic overview of period health and explains many natural ways to assist your period health. If you need some assistance in helping manage irregular, painful or heavy periods, this book would be a great start, and if you need further assistance come in for a consult and we can begin the repair journey. You don’t need to suffer any longer. https://www.larabriden.com/period-repair-manual/

02.01.2022 SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEW OFFICE? Here is a quick tour of the new office we are moving to, currently under construction. Hope you like it!

01.01.2022 VITAMIN D REALLY HELPS COVID19 Check out this very promising small randomised study showing the significant improvement in patients with COVID19 who were treated with VitD compared with placebo. It almost eliminated the need for ICU admission, and significantly assisted recovery. Where do we get VitD naturally from? We need sunlight to convert it from inactive to active in our skin. So don't forget to get adequate sunlight (without getting sunburnt) or consider a VitD supple...ment if you have an indoors occupation or have dark skin or are otherwise at risk of low VitD. The evidence of benefit of VitD in general is getting harder to ignore and it is such a simple intervention that should be rolled out in our hospitals as it will save lives and cost. https://www.sciencedirect.com//arti/pii/S0960076020302764